- Reinstalling the whole game by deleting all local content and lettting Steam re-download everything.

- Restart Steam and/or Right click on Dwarfs, select Properties, go to Local Files and click Verify integrity of Game Cahce.

If you have tried these and it STILL does not work. You can try this:Right click on Dwarfs on your Steam Library. Go to the Betas tab and select "Safe" in the Dropdown box. Close the box and wait for Steam to finish downloading. This will let you play the game, but you will not be able to get the Not a War hammer achivement. Now go to this forum and make a post, telling us what you have tried, what specs your computer has and if it worked when you selected the "Safe" Beta.

Thanks for helping us out, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

i followed everything to the letter, including the safe setting under beta options, but the same *this program has stopped running* message pops up. as far as my computer specs go:windows 7intel i-7 quadcore proc.16gb of ramnvidia geoforce gtx 560 ti

I get the Kitten! error that states that steam initilization has failed. Please start the game in the Steam Client. I've redownloaded the game, and installed the XNA again, the .NET framework. I can't do the beta thing however, no Beta Tab. Any help for ths Kitten problem?

1. click steam button in upper left of steam2. click settings3. click "Account" tab if your not all ready on it4. now about 2/3 of the way down the window there is a section called "beta participation", under this click "change"5. then select the drop down box and pick "Steam beta update"6 . click okay and restart steam

I'm getting an error on Mac OS X 10.7.5 that I don't have Mono installed. It includes a link to the Mono website, but I'll be honest--I don't know what Mono is, and I can't find a simple "Download" button. It looks like something I would have to compile myself. Maybe I'm just missing the link? But... if the game requires Mono, why isn't it packaged in the download? :/

Update: I found the proper link. It was not a straightforward download for someone who doesn't often have to look through many versions of a file and pick between "runtime" and "SDK" and some third option that I don't even remember. Can you package the Mono runtime with the game?